# Incident 19920214006579I: Piper PA28R180, Lafayette, LA, February 14, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1992, 17:39 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2053° N, 91.9876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2053&lon=-91.9876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3913T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3913T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 110 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920214006579I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HEARD NOISE AND RUDDER PEDALS MOVED FORWARD.RETURNED. FOUND NOSE GEAR STEERING LINKAGE ATTACHMENT BROKEN.

## Other reports on N3913T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770601016629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770601016629A), Jun 1, 1977: Piper PA28R180 (N3913T), Jeffersonville, IN, Substantial damage. Narrow rwy. Wind gust to 23K.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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